Master of Science in Forensic Accounting

at State University of New York at Albany USA

Learn how governments, political organizations, individuals, and nations act to create and realize public values and goals. You’ll prepare for responsible and effective citizenship, political participation, and advanced academic or professional studies. You will also learn to understand and appreciate different political values, institutions, and processes that operate in local, national, and international systems.

The political science bachelor's program allows you to focus on the subjects that interest you most, with upper-level concentrations available in American politics; citizenship; equality and inequality; global politics; law and institutions; political theory; political economy and development; public law; security and statecraft.

Located less than one mile from the New York State Capitol, it’s easy to get a head start on a career in law or government as political science major at the widely respected Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy.

The bachelor’s in business economics program at UAlbany gives you substantial knowledge of economics relevant for careers in business. You’ll examine relationships between business practice, public sector resource allocation, market structures, international trade, interest rates, employment and wages, production costs, pricing, and more.

With this program, you will gain the necessary economics skills, such as forecasting in various markets and analyzing data to prepare you for business decision-making in a complex economy.

Learn how to create thriving, productive, and sustainable communities by earning your bachelor’s in urban studies and planning at the University at Albany.

This interdisciplinary major provides you with the skills you need to craft ecologically and socially sound city plans and carry out regional community and economic development projects in the real world. Program coursework covers changing demographics, accessibility issues, economic inequalities, public safety concerns, and more.

Ultimately, you’ll know how planners and designers conceive new residential, commercial, and recreational areas and then collaborate with real estate developers, government officials, community leaders, architects, surveyors, and other professionals to make them a reality.

Ranked among the top 20 public affairs programs in the nation, the Rockefeller College Master of Public Administration program prepares you to excel as a government administrator, policy analyst, information technology manager, or strategic and financial leader of public and nonprofit institutions.

As you move through the 49-credit MPA curriculum and complete your professional internship, you learn how to successfully oversee projects, support and motivate teams, improve organizational performance, and monitor policy impact to help solve complex socioeconomic problems.

Deepen your understanding of major civic issues and explore different ways you can help solve social problems by developing creative public policy solutions and improving management.

The interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy and Management at UAlbany will give you a broad understanding of the relationships between government legislation, public policy, economics, politics, civil rights, regulation and finance, and city, state, federal, and global affairs.

The program includes foundational coursework and electives in management and politics, and quantitative methods and policy. Then you get to earn a concentration in the area of study that best matches your personal interests and career goals.

Politics
Can a policy come to life without politics? Take on the deep dive into the world of politics and explore how politics and policy interact and support each other. Understanding campaigns and elections in the U.S., as well as the role of federal, state and local governments, will help every future policy maker be better at their job.

If you recently earned your bachelor's degree and want to enhance your knowledge before entering the workplace; or if you have been working and want to make a career change, the Full-Time MBA program at the University at Albany is the right program for you.

In your first year, you learn fundamental concepts in finance, accounting, marketing, operations, human resource management, organizational behavior, and information technology. You will also travel abroad and participate in an international consulting project.

During your second year, you work closely with research faculty and regional business leaders as you develop leading edge knowledge and practical skills in your concentration area through hands-on experiences in real business settings.

Concentration options include cybersecurity, entrepreneurship, finance, human resource information systems, information systems and business analysis, and marketing.

Information Systems and Business Analytics
Learn how to improve business operations using application-based analytics and asset management systems, and gain skills in database design, business intelligence, data mining, and big data.

Courses for this concentration cover technical aspects of database management, data visualization, and data mining, and prepare you to use information systems and analytics to support decision making, solve problems, and increase business performance.

A year-long research project gives you hand-on experience managing expectations, project deadlines, and quality outcomes for a real business.

Learn the language, history, culture, religion, politics or geography of East Asia. Whether your interest is based on uncovering centuries of art and history or understanding this extremely influential region's position in modern world affairs, you'll find your path in the East Asian Studies major at the University at Albany. An experienced faculty, made up of renowned scholars, will help you delve deeper into the subjects and topics of ancient regional practices, contemporary trade policy or anything in between.

Push the bounds of theoretical, experimental and computational physics to discover innovative solutions to challenges that bridge our physical and digital world. With the master’s in physics program at the University at Albany, you will dive into pertinent research on subjects like condensed matter, digital holography, and Bayesian data analysis.

Along with research experience you will gain a sound understanding in foundational areas like computational methods, electrodynamics and statistical mechanics. You will be prepared to launch your career in academia, industry or research and development, or an advanced doctorate degree.

If you earned your bachelor’s degree in accounting and want to specialize in tax accounting in your career, you can achieve your goal by earning your master’s in taxation at UAlbany. The graduate program in taxation is designed to help current and future tax advisors, business consultants, and corporate executives understand the complex tax considerations that come into play in financial transactions.

Engage in courses covering a diverse range of cultural and historical topics. Classes include African and African American Literature, The Economic Structure of the Black Community, The Geography of Africa, and the Psychology of the Black Experience. Perfect your research methodologies in the senior seminar through a culminating capstone paper exploring your experiences in the program.